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Re:Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu ... by gogopuppygogo on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @12:26PM (#24839285)
The alternative is what? System76 makes a decent laptop but they don’t have a repair center in every major city. I buy Apple computers because of the hardware support and integration with iPhone.

Speaking of iPhone, the open options are at best abysmal for privacy (at least orders of magnitudes worse than Apple) and at worst part of planned obsolescence that creates e-waste much faster than Apple devices.

Fun fact, at least for now, you can still buy a Mac and boot Linux. Probably not true once Apple silicon hits but that’s a sad day for anyone who liked boot camp.

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Re:Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu ... by solatic on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @12:29PM (#24839331)
You respond as if the majority of buyers do not already have alternatives for Apple laptops and Apple phones.
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Re:Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu ... by fortran77 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @12:30PM (#24839347)
The alternative is Windows 10 on a wide variety of hardware, or Linux.
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Re:Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu ... by throwaway2048 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @12:39PM (#24839461)
Windows 10 has even more invasive spyware nonsense.
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Re:Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu ... by nix23 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @12:44PM (#24839526)
Not the Enterprise/Education edition.
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Re:Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu ... by throwaway2048 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @12:49PM (#24839589)
That you can't legally acquire outside of a commercial support contract.
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Re:Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu ... by wayneftw on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @01:12PM (#24839891)
you can buy it right here for 299

https://www.trustedtechteam.com/products/windows-10-enterpri...

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Re:Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu ... by nix23 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @12:41PM (#24839496)
>Fun fact, at least for now, you can still buy a Mac and boot Linux.

Are you praing too that Apple will still allow that in the future?

>I buy Apple computers because of the hardware support and integration with iPhone

Have fun then, i dont buy Think different but same.

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